Discern and Look

Discern

Discern verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.

Usage example: barely able to discern the garden gate through the mist

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Look and discern are semantically related in see topic. In some cases you can use "Look" instead a verb "Discern".

Look verb - To give the impression of being.

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Discern and look are semantically related in see topic. Sometimes you can use "Discern" instead a verb "Look".

Nearby Words: lookout, looked, looker, looking, lookup

girl	discern girl	look girl
thanks	discern thanks	look thanks
name	discern name	look name
appearance	discern appearance	look appearance
Other words: form, time, size, world, game.

This is extremely hard to discern when reading these pages, since they all look alike.

Source: Which Me?
Eventually it becomes impossible to discern who's supposed to be the bad guys and who are the heroes, because all the ships look the same.

Source: Animation / Space Thunder Kids

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